Gordon Benson and Elena Danilova claim European U23 titles in Penza

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By David Peddie | 29 Jun, 2014

Gordon Benson (GBR) and Elena Danilova (RUS) are the new European U23 Champions after a pulsating completion in Penza.

Danilova delighted the home crowd with victory, her third win in three years on this course following her 2012 and 2013 European Cup victories.

She held off the challenge of the impressive Leonie Periault (FRA) who was competing in her first U23 European Championships and finished in second place. Sofie Hooghe (BEL) continued her improvement at this level. In 2012 she finished 12th, last year she broke into the top ten and here in Penza she finally made it onto the podium with third place.

In the U23 Men’s race, Gordon Benson, already a Junior European Cup winner and a podium finisher in Elite European Cups, just pipped Vicente Hernandez (ESP) to the gold medal.

Hernandez, who finished in third place last year, made it two podiums in two years in this competition in second place.

Pedro Mendes (POR) continued his fine form in 2014 with another bronze medal to follow his third place finish at the ETU Aquathlon Championships in Cologne last month.

ETU U23 European Championships Penza

U23 Women Results

U23 Men Results

Related Event: 2014 Penza ETU Triathlon U23 and Youth European Championships

28 - Jun, 2014 • event page • all results

Results: U23 Men
1.	Gordon Benson	GBR	01:50:37
2.	Vicente Hernandez	ESP	01:50:40
3.	Pedro Mendes	POR	01:50:44
4.	Jelle Geens	BEL	01:50:51
5.	Christophe De Keyser	BEL	01:51:07
6.	Anthony Pujades	FRA	01:51:34
7.	Uxio Abuin Ares	ESP	01:51:43
8.	Andrey Bryukhankov	AIN	01:51:45
9.	Amitai Yonah	ISR	01:52:22
10.	Marten Van Riel	BEL	01:52:47

Results: U23 Women
1.	Elena Danilova	AIN	02:05:51
2.	Leonie Periault	FRA	02:06:01
3.	Sofie Hooghe	BEL	02:06:41
4.	Miriam Casillas García	ESP	02:06:58
5.	Oleksandra Kokhan	UKR	02:07:07
6.	Anastasia Polyanskaya Protasenya	AIN	02:07:19
7.	Petra Kurikova	CZE	02:07:51
8.	Melina Alonso Aradas	ESP	02:08:49
9.	Sara Papais	ITA	02:08:52
10.	Anastasia Gorbunova	AIN	02:08:53

Results: Mixed U23 Relay
1.	Team I Spain	ESP	01:12:37
2.	Team I Russia	RUS	01:12:58
3.	Team I Belgium	BEL	01:13:09
4.	Team I Italy	ITA	01:13:56
5.	Team I Czech Republic	CZE	01:14:35
6.	Team I Ukraine	UKR	01:15:39
7.	Team I Israel	ISR	01:16:47
8.	Team I Belarus	BLR	01:17:03
DNS.	Team II Russia	RUS	DNS

Results: Youth Men Relay
1.	Team I Russia	RUS	00:54:15
2.	Team I Great Britain	GBR	00:54:34
3.	Team I Spain	ESP	00:54:49
4.	Team I Austria	AUT	00:55:27
5.	Team I Portugal	POR	00:56:49
6.	Team I Hungary	HUN	00:59:10
7.	Team I Belarus	BLR	01:00:17
8.	Team I Turkey	TUR	01:00:22
DNF.	Team I Azerbaijan	AZE	DNF
NC.	Team II Russia	RUS	00:57:00

Results: Youth Women Relay
1.	Team I Great Britain	GBR	00:59:47
2.	Team I Russia	RUS	01:00:23
3.	Team I Spain	ESP	01:00:39
4.	Team I Austria	AUT	01:01:38
5.	Team I Hungary	HUN	01:02:22
6.	Team I Slovenia	SLO	01:02:50
7.	Team I Portugal	POR	01:03:13
NC.	Team II Russia	RUS	01:03:01